tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post7665175659131043401..comments2019-01-11T13:21:27.189+01:00Comments on EL ETOS UT: Ukraine calls 'Easter truce' as separatists hold firm EL Etoshttps://plus.google.com/111683365675203687716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-10495974511963484362014-04-21T18:33:02.234+02:002014-04-21T18:33:02.234+02:00U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Kyiv ...U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Kyiv for talks with Ukraine&#39;s acting president and prime minister. His visit comes as the situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense, despite a deal aimed at easing the crisis....<br /><br />White House officials say Biden will discuss the international community&#39;s efforts to help Ukraine move forward on constitutional reform, and what Obama administration officials say will be a free and fair presidential election on May 25.<br /><br />Biden meets Tuesday with the acting leaders of Ukraine&#39;s government, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President Oleksandr Turchynov. He is also expected to meet with Ukrainian lawmakers, sending a high-level message of U.S. support for the current Ukrainian government.<br /><br />The United States has also threatened further sanctions on Russia if Moscow continues its support of pro-Russian demonstrators in eastern Ukraine...........http://www.voanews.com/content/biden-to-discuss-political-crisis-with-ukraines-leaders/1897718.html<br />21/4/14<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-89947777879283988302014-04-21T18:28:17.255+02:002014-04-21T18:28:17.255+02:00Russia accuses Kiev of &#39;grossly&#39; violating...Russia accuses Kiev of &#39;grossly&#39; violating Geneva deal...<br /><br />Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of &quot;grossly breaching&quot; a deal struck last week in Geneva aimed at defusing tensions in the country&#39;s separatist east as US Vice President Joe Biden arrived for talks in Kiev.<br /><br />Biden&#39;s visit is aimed at showing support for Kiev&#39;s beleaguered pro-Western government, which Russia believes is illegitimate.<br /><br />&quot;The Geneva accord is not only not being fulfilled, but steps are being taken, primarily by those who seized power in Kiev, that are grossly breaching the agreements reached,&quot; Lavrov told a Moscow press conference.<br /><br />The accord calls for all &quot;illegal armed groups&quot; in east Ukraine to surrender their weapons and halt the occupation of public buildings. But Moscow and Kiev appear to disagree on which armed groups are fomenting the unrest, with Ukraine blaming pro-Russian separatists and Russia blaming Ukrainian &quot;nationalists&quot;................http://www.france24.com/en/20140421-russia-lavrov-accuses-ukraine-violating-geneva-biden-kiev/<br />21/4/14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-63429088897417089222014-04-20T18:48:29.411+02:002014-04-20T18:48:29.411+02:00Ukraine’s Security Service said on Sunday neither ...Ukraine’s Security Service said on Sunday neither of Ukrainian organizations had been behind a night skirmish near the town of Slavyansk (Donetsk region) that claimed a number of human lives....<br /><br />Not a single representative from any of Ukraine’s organizations was in Slavyansk last night, the press service of the Ukrainian Security Service said.<br /><br />“Last night, no representatives from any Ukrainian organization were in Slavyansk, but for saboteurs and criminals,” the press service said, adding that it was proved by the investigation Ukrainian law enforcers were carrying out in that town.<br /><br />Overnight to Sunday, a skirmish took place at a block station near the town of Slavyansk. According to the Ukrainian interior ministry, three men were killed and three more were wounded.<br /><br />The Ukrainian Security Service denied media reports that Right Sector radicals had taken part in the skirmish.<br />http://en.itar-tass.com/world/728851<br />20/4/14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-55676005624415577052014-04-20T18:45:08.587+02:002014-04-20T18:45:08.587+02:00Deadly gun attack in eastern Ukraine shakes fragil...Deadly gun attack in eastern Ukraine shakes fragile Geneva accord...<br /><br />(Reuters) - At least three people were killed in a gunfight in the early hours of Sunday near a Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, shaking an already fragile international accord that was designed to avert a wider conflict.<br /><br />The incident triggered a war of words between Moscow and Ukraine&#39;s western-backed government with each questioning the other&#39;s compliance with the agreement, brokered last week in Geneva, to end a crisis that has made Russia&#39;s ties with the West more fraught than at any time since the Cold War.<br /><br />The separatists said armed men from Ukraine&#39;s Right Sector nationalist group had attacked them. The Right Sector denied any role, saying Russian special forces were behind the clash................http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/20/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA3A1B520140420?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=worldNews<br />20/4/14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-41344143549107893842014-04-20T09:23:48.607+02:002014-04-20T09:23:48.607+02:00Steinmeier warnt vor weiteren Sanktionen...
Genug...Steinmeier warnt vor weiteren Sanktionen...<br /><br />Genug der Drohungen: Frank-Walter Steinmeier hält nicht viel von weiteren Sanktionsandrohungen gegen Russland. Der Bundesaußenminister fordert zudem eine schnelle Aufstockung der OSZE-Mission in der Ukraine. Steinmeier kündigt dafür deutsche Unterstützung an...............http://www.fr-online.de/ukraine/ukraine--steinmeier-warnt-vor-weiteren-sanktionen,26429068,26892166.html<br />20/4/14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-26226581368144783432014-04-20T09:19:11.452+02:002014-04-20T09:19:11.452+02:00Russian state television reported on Sunday that f...Russian state television reported on Sunday that five people were killed when gunmen attacked a checkpoint manned by pro-Russian separatists near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk....<br /><br />Reuters was not immediately able to verify the report.<br /><br />The state-run Rossiya 24 news station, citing its correspondent in Slaviansk, said three of the dead were with the pro-Russian separatists who control Slaviansk, and the other two were from the group that attacked their checkpoint. <br />http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Russian-state-TV-says-5-killed-in-east-Ukraine-clash-349943<br />20/4/14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-8102149674732628662014-04-20T06:46:20.060+02:002014-04-20T06:46:20.060+02:00Krise in der Ukraine: Steinmeier fordert ein Ende ...Krise in der Ukraine: Steinmeier fordert ein Ende der Sanktionsdrohungen...<br /><br />19.04.2014 · Der Außenminister stellt sich damit gegen Verteidigungsministerin von der Leyen und die Vereinigten Staaten. Die Genfer Ergebnisse seien eine Chance, von denen es nicht mehr viele geben werde, sagte er. Der Kreml stellte klar, Russland plane keine Invasion - allerdings sei man auf alles vorbereitet........http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ukraine-steinmeier-will-keine-sanktionen-mehr-12903039.html<br />19/4/14<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-64182945290531611512014-04-20T06:41:32.436+02:002014-04-20T06:41:32.436+02:00Surrender talks set with separatists in Ukraine as...Surrender talks set with separatists in Ukraine as standoff lasts into Easter...<br /><br />(Reuters) - A senior mediator from Europe&#39;s OSCE security body is due to start negotiating the surrender of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, although hopes for a rapid end to the crisis are limited.<br /><br />Gunmen occupying public buildings in Donetsk and other Russian-speaking border towns refuse to recognize an accord in Geneva on Thursday by which Russia, Ukraine and Kiev&#39;s U.S. and EU allies agreed that the OSCE should oversee the disarmament of militants and the evacuation of occupied facilities and streets.<br /><br />The coming days may determine whether unrest following the overthrow of Ukraine&#39;s pro-Moscow president can be contained..................http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/20/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA3A1B520140420?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=worldNews<br />20/4/14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com